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Example sentences for: stifling

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He writes, "Misuse of courts and government agencies is a particularly effective means of delaying or stifling competition."
Advertising in the '50s had been a timid, stifling business.
) Second, if the child turns out pretty but doesn't want to be a beauty queen, her parents may force her in that direction anyway, thereby stifling her true talents and preventing her from becoming successful.
The rest of the 75 page section contains a mix of strong writers being stifled (or perhaps pre-emptively stifling themselves) and weak ones being given too much space to say too little.
Religious movements are at their most efficient when they seek very basic goals--like subjugating women or stifling free thought.